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 * Copyright 2008 - 2009 Lars Heuer (heuer[at]semagia.com). All rights reserved.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
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 */
package com.semagia.atomico.server;

import com.semagia.atomico.server.storage.IModifiableStorage;
import com.semagia.atomico.server.storage.IStorage;

/**
 * Represents the server-side of Atomico and provides access to the environment.
 * <p>
 * Implementations of this interface are meant to be thread-safe.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @author Lars Heuer (heuer[at]semagia.com) <a href="http://www.semagia.com/">Semagia</a>
 * @version $Rev: 128 $ - $Date: 2010-11-07 12:51:07 +0000 (Sun, 07 Nov 2010) $
 */
public interface IServerApplication {

    /**
     * Returns the storage.
     *
     * @return The storage, never <tt>null</tt>.
     */
    public IStorage getStorage();

    /**
     * Returns an {@link IModifiableStorage} if {@link #getStorage()} is 
     * modifiable.
     *
     * @return A {@link IModifiableStorage} if the storage is modifiable, 
     *          otherwise <tt>null</tt>.
     */
    @Deprecated
    public IModifiableStorage getModifiableStorage();

    /**
     * Returns the configuration.
     *
     * @return The configuration.
     */
    public IConfiguration getConfiguration();

}
